The nature of teacher talk in early childhood classrooms and its relationship to children’s play with objects and peers

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-44

  Wilcox Herzog, Amanda ^a   Kontos, Susan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSERY SCHOOL; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032010938     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329809596132     Document Type: Article

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